Valved paste ejector



Dec. 5, 1950 D. PETERSON VALVED BASTE EJECTOR 2 Sheets- Sheet 1 Filed March 5, 1947 INVENTOR.

DANA PETERSON ATTEI RN EYE D 1950 D. PETERSON 2,532,782

VALVED PASTE EJECTOR Filed Mafch 5, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I9 -2 27 I8 x INVENTOR.

DANA PETERSON B amyf/mwrd.

Patented Dec. 5, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE VALVED PASTE EJECTOR Dana Peterson, Newton, Mass.

Application March 5, 1947, Serial No. 732,396

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a shoe brush and more particularly a built-in paste applicator therefor.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a paste applicator in a shoe brush to furnish a convenient and compact means for supplying shoe shining paste, wax or the like, which will be embodied in the same brush that is used for effecting a shining operation.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an applicator for applying shoe paste, wax or the like to shoes which is easy to operate, of simple construction and easily embodied within a shoe shining brush, and wherein the paste or wax may be included in a casing which is easily inserted within an opening of the brush and wherein this casing has ejecting means embodied in the same by which the paste can be extruded from the end of the brush and onto brush elements located thereon for the purpose of applying the shoe paste to the surface of the shoe.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the brush in which the paste applicator is installed, 7

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the brush shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view looking upon the opening through which the paste is extruded and upon the paste applying brush element,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, in elevation, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows thereof,

Fig. 5 is a transverse cross-sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. l and looking in the direction of the arrows thereof,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the paste ejecting unit adapted to be inserted with paste in an opening provided in the body of the brush,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view illustrating how the paste is ejected and applied to the top of the brushing element used for spreading the paste on the shoe.

Referring now to the figures, I5 represents the main body of a shoe brush which serves as a handle and which has the main shining brush element 16 in the bottom of the same. The main body I5 has sufficient height to provide an opening I! therein extending from one end of the brush and longitudinally thereof. On the end of the brush beneath the entrance to the opening I! are brush elements 58 which serve to spread the paste supplied to them by the applicator to be presently described in a manner as illustrated in Fig. 7.

Adapted to fit within the opening I7 is a casing I9 which will contain a body of paste or wax or other shining material 20 which can be purchased as a separate package and inserted within the opening I! when the supply within the brush has given out. Adjacent the sides of the opening l1 are slots 2| and 22 which extend throughout the length of the opening and permit handle portions 23 to be passed into the brush as the casing I9 is being inserted therein. These handle portions 23 are connected to an ejecting element 24. Since the handle portions 23 extend to both sides of the brush, the force for effecting the movement of the ejector 24 can be applied evenly so as to maintain the ejector 24 straight within the casing [9. The casing l9 also has slots 25 through which the handle portions 23 extend. The slots 25, however, are closed at the opposite ends so as to always maintain the ejector 24 within the casing H). The casing 19 will fit the opening I! tightly so that it will not be readily pushed out of the opening ll as the ejector is being used.

The handle portion or main body of the brush is made of three bottom pieces, a piece 26 which retains the brush element [6, an intermediate piece 21 which has the opening ll therein and a top cover piece 28. The pieces 21 and 28 are secured to the bottom piece 26 by long screws 29 threaded down into. The bottom of the casing l9 will fit flush upon the top surface of the bottom piece 26 and will be retained in tight frictional engagement thereon when the pieces 2? and 28 have been secured to the bottom piece 25. In the opposite end of the brush from which the casing I9 is disposed is a compartment 3i which can be used for storage. If desired, the compartment can be arranged to receive a casing i9 containing paste of a different color and applying brushes disposed upon the piece in the same manner as above described.

The top face of the intermediate piece 21 has a rounded surface 32 over which can be worked a curved slide 33 having a handle 34 projecting upwardl through a slot 35 in the top piece 28. The ends of the slot 35 are closed so as to limit the stroke of the curved slide 33. By pushing on the handle portion 23 extending from the sides of the brush, paste 20 is placed upon the brush element 18 as illustrated in Fig. 7 and can thereafter be applied by the brush element I8 to the surface of a shoe 36. Theslide 33 is hereafter pushed forwardly and will be extended over the end of the brush to sever a piece of the paste which has been extruded from the casing l9. Thereafter the slide 33 can be returned to its initial position until another portion of the paste has been extruded.

While various changes can be made in the detailed construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A paste feeding device having a handle comprising a bottom piece, an intermediate piece resting upon the bottom piece and having a .recess, a paste container disposed in the recess and having an element adapted to apply pressure to the paste within the container. and .cause its .extrusion from one end of the container, said intermediate piece further having a rounded topcam surface, a top piece having a rounded recess conforming .in-shape to the rounded surface on -the intermediate piece and a vertically extending slot extending upwardl from the recess .to the upper surface of the top piece, a cutoff slide for the paste adjustable over the rounded surface of the intermediate piece and fitted in the recesscf the top piece and adapted to be extended downwardly over the extrusion end of the paste container to sever the extruded paste therefrom, a handle on the slide extending upwardly through the recess in the toppiece, and meansfor securing together the bottom, intermediate and top pieces.

. 29A paste feeding. device having a handle .com-

prising a bottom piece, an intermediate piece having a rounded top surface at one end thereof, said intermediate piece having a recess, a container disposed Within the recess and having paste, said container having an element adapted to extrude the paste from one end of the container, a top piece having a recess therein to receive the rounded surface of the intermediate piece, an arcuate shaped slide adjustable over the rounded surface of the intermediate piece and contained within the top piece and adapted when adjusted to cause the severance of the extruded paste, handle means extending from the slide to efiect the operation of the same, and means for securing the bottom intermediate and top pieces together to retain them and the slide in place.

DANA PETERSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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